20 Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Blogs - Article Discussion

[Drock]

Nice advice, I'm definitely gonna try and start writing with more pics and lists in my posts.

[Bloggeries]

I was quoting richkid. I think I should start writing beneath the quotes

Originally Posted by Musicology101

Who are you referring to???

[liquidkiddie]

Haha, great article with tips. I need to heed point 17, it's hard growing a blog when you don't tell people about it!

[AndrewPavelski]

Some good tips...

Originally Posted by Bloggeries

Please use this thread to discuss the following article written on Bloggeries.

20 Ways to Increase the Traffic to your Blogs

Any thoughts?

[chrissie]

first off, kudos on the pickup from John Chow. AWESOME.

Secondly, I like the eye candy idea. I hadn't thought of that, but yes, those Internet readers are visual and that's a great tip. I also agree on the comments note, I make a note to reply to just about every comment I come in, I think it adds credibility to the blogger, and establishes the relationship with the readers. i agree, SO important. When I am visiting blogs, it is just *nice* to have comments responded to by the blogger. So I try to do the same as well.

Great list!

[Inhibitor]

Excellent advice...all twenty!

For number 20:

20. Above all else, write about topics that people actually want to read. Better yet, write about topics that people will be interested in sharing. One of the biggest features of the blog community is that a good post will be passed on, talked about and even blogged about. So blog about interesting things that are worth talking about.

Try to follow the rule the tabloids use..."Hey Martha!" stories. That's what they call the stories that make Pa yell over his shoulder "Hey Martha! C'mere...you gotta read this!"

If you get that effect, then you'll have to beat the traffic back with a stick.

[clinky]

I've done all of your points I think but think that they are absolutely essential to anyone new to blogging. I agree that it really is important to become an expert in your field - and that means doing the boring part of researching and reading up on your topics as well as the fun part of posting and watching your visitors grow.

[F8soldier]

Sometimes an article you write that you think won't attract a lot of attention ends up being your most favoured article and others that you think will cause a strom end up being largely ignored.

[BookCalendar]

I think people are looking to read quick articles. I don't think most people want to read beyond 500-1000 words per post. I am not sure making super long posts is a good idea.

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